Travel Workout

Summer is here and a lot of people are traveling. Taking 15 to 20 minutes, even if it’s every other day can help you stay strong and keep a good bit of your conditioning, so that when you come back you won’t feel like you’re starting over.

Lowering yourself more slowly will increase the strength demands of these movements and give you more return on your efforts than cranking through a bunch of fast reps. Also make sure that you take a second to set up each exercise correctly and get those muscles engaged before you start moving.

You can increase the tempo, but make sure that you’re not giving up form. Speed is to movement what volume is to the electric guitar. (If you’ve ever lived near a band’s practice space or a just 14 year old who wants to Rawk Owt, then you’ll get this analogy.) Turning it up louder is no substitute for practice. Only go as fast as you can do well.